Meet The Deslondes

You may remember the “spooky dustbowl blues” of a band we profiled earlier this year called the Tumbleweeds. Now, the same band, fronted by songwriters Sam Doores and Riley Downing, is changing its name to The Deslondes, named after the street in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans where the band first came together.

The Deslondes have also announced a fall tour with two of the fastest-rising American roots bands: fellow New Orleanians Hurray for the Riff Raff (who recently signed with ATO Records) and New York’s Spirit Family Reunion.

The bands kick off the cross-country tour at the Americana Music Festival in Nashville in September. Check out the full dates below.

Watch the collaboration on Spirit Fam’s sing-along “I’ll Find a Way” and Hurray’s “There’s a Crash on the Highway” at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival.